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How to relate a mos and its descendants
Names for mosses with more than 10 steps
Names for nL ns mosses with more than 10 steps
| MOS
|
Name
|
Prefix
|
Abbrev.
|
| 6L 6s
|
hexawood
|
hexwd-
|
hxw
|
| 7L 7s
|
heptawood
|
hepwd-
|
hpw
|
| 8L 8s
|
octawood
|
octwd-
|
ocw
|
| 9L 9s
|
enneawood
|
ennwd-
|
enw
|
| 10L 10s
|
decawood
|
decwd-
|
dkw
|
| 11L 11s
|
hendecawood
|
hedwd-
|
hdw
|
| 12L 12s
|
dodecawood
|
dodwd-
|
ddw
|
| 13L 13s
|
13-wood
|
13wd-
|
13w
|
| 14L 14s
|
14-wood
|
14wd-
|
14w
|
| kL ks
|
k-wood
|
kwd
|
kw
|
Names for mosses with 11 or more notes
| 11-note mosses
|
| Pattern
|
Suggested name(s)
|
Proposed by
|
Reasoning
|
| 1L 10s
|
tanzanite, tenorite
|
Ganaram inukshuk
|
More naming puns (tenzanite or tenorite).
|
| 4L 7s
|
kleistonic
|
|
Former TAMNAMS name.
|
| 7L 4s
|
suprasmitonic
|
|
Former TAMNAMS name.
|
| daemotonic
|
Eliora
|
Various reasons; see 7L 4s.
|
| 9L 2s
|
villatonic
|
Ganaram inukshuk
|
Indirectly references avila and casablanca temperaments.
|
| ultradiatonic, superarmotonic
|
CompactStar
|
In reference to diatonic and armotonic.
|
| 12-note mosses
|
| Pattern
|
Suggested name(s)
|
Proposed by
|
Reasoning
|
| 1L 11s
|
helenite
|
Ganaram inukshuk
|
In reference to the "ele" substring found in the word "eleven".
|
| 5L 7s
|
p-chromatic
|
|
Former TAMNAMS name.
|
| 6L 6s
|
hexawood
|
|
Extension of k-wood scales; coincidentally references hexe temperament.
|
| 7L 5s
|
m-chromatic
|
|
Former TAMNAMS name.
|
| 13-note mosses
|
| Pattern
|
Suggested name(s)
|
Proposed by
|
Reasoning
|
| 1L 12s
|
zircon
|
Ganaram inukshuk
|
Zircon is used as a birthstone for December.
|
| 11L 2s
|
hendecoid
|
Eliora
|
From Greek "eleven"; references how "its generator is so close to 11/8 as to be called nothing but that" and that it has 11 large steps.
|
| 14-note mosses
|
| Pattern
|
Suggested name(s)
|
Proposed by
|
Reasoning
|
| 7L 7s
|
heptawood
|
|
Extension of k-wood scales.
|
| 13L 1s
|
trollic
|
Godtone
|
The name proposed by Godtone refers to 12L 1s, but it refers to 13L 1s as a troll move.
|
| Note count
|
Pattern
|
Suggested name(s)
|
Proposed by
|
Reasoning
|
| 17
|
2L 15s
|
liesic
|
Frostburn
|
Frostburn's naming scheme only goes up to 3 generations, so this name is suggested.
|
| 19
|
3L 16s
|
magicaltonic
|
Xenllium
|
In reference to magic temperament.
|
| 16L 3s
|
muggletonic
|
Xenllium
|
In reference to muggle temperament.
|
| 21
|
10L 11s
|
miracloid
|
Eliora
|
In reference to miracle temperament.
|
| 22
|
3L 19s
|
zheligowskic
|
Frostburn
|
In reference to Lucjan Żeligowski leading fights against the town of Giedraičiai.
|
| 19L 3s
|
giedraitic
|
Frostburn
|
Named after the basic magic layout of Kite Giedraitis' guitar. Proposed prefix is "kai-".
|
| 21L 1s
|
escapist
|
Eliora
|
References escapade temperament, which is supported by both 21edo and 22edo, covering the entire range.
|
| 23
|
22L 1s
|
quartismoid
|
Eliora
|
Five generators of roughly 33/32 quartertone are equal to 7/6 in the harmonic entropy minimum; also, the extreme ranges of 22edo and 23edo both support this mos.
|
Names for non-octave mosses
3/1-equivalent mosses
| 7-note mosses <3/1>
|
| Pattern
|
Suggested name(s)
|
Proposed by
|
Reasoning
|
| 4L 3s
|
electric
|
CompactStar
|
In reference to electra temperament
|
| 9-note mosses <3/1>
|
| Pattern
|
Suggested name(s)
|
Proposed by
|
Reasoning
|
| 4L 5s
|
lambdatonic
|
n/a
|
"Lambda" already refers to 4L 5s
|
| 11-note mosses <3/1>
|
| Pattern
|
Suggested name(s)
|
Proposed by
|
Reasoning
|
| 7L 4s
|
superelectric
|
CompactStar?
|
Expansion of 4L 3s
|
| 9L 2s
|
subarcturus
|
?
|
?
|
3/2-equivalent mosses
| 4-note mosses <3/2>
|
| Pattern
|
Suggested name(s)
|
Proposed by
|
Reasoning
|
| 1L 3s
|
neptunian
|
CompactStar
|
In reference to "uranian" for 3L 2s<3/2>
|
| 5-note mosses <3/2>
|
| Pattern
|
Suggested name(s)
|
Proposed by
|
Reasoning
|
| 3L 2s
|
uranian
|
?
|
?
|
Names for equave-agnostic mosses
| 4-note mosses (new names only)
|
| Mos
|
Name
|
Multi-period?
|
Prefix
|
Abbrev.
|
| 2L 2s
|
double trivial
|
Yes (2)
|
2triv-
|
2trv
|
| 6-note mosses
|
| Mos
|
Name
|
Multi-period?
|
Prefix
|
Abbrev.
|
| 1L 5s
|
anhexic
|
No
|
ahex-
|
ahx
|
| 2L 4s
|
double antrial
|
Yes (2)
|
2atri-
|
2tri
|
| 3L 3s
|
triple trivial
|
Yes (3)
|
3triv-
|
3trv
|
| 4L 2s
|
double trial
|
Yes (2)
|
2tri-
|
2tri
|
| 5L 1s
|
hexic
|
No
|
hex-
|
hx
|
| 7-note mosses
|
| Mos
|
Name
|
Multi-period?
|
Prefix
|
Abbrev.
|
| 1L 6s
|
ansaptic
|
No
|
ansap-
|
asp
|
| 2L 5s
|
anheptic
|
No
|
anhep-
|
ahp
|
| 3L 4s
|
anseptenic
|
No
|
ansep-
|
asep
|
| 4L 3s
|
septenic
|
No
|
sep-
|
sep
|
| 5L 2s
|
heptic
|
No
|
hep-
|
hp
|
| 6L 1s
|
saptic
|
No
|
sap-
|
sp
|
| 8-note mosses
|
| Mos
|
Name
|
Multi-period?
|
Prefix
|
Abbrev.
|
| 1L 7s
|
anastaic
|
No
|
anast-
|
aast
|
| 2L 6s
|
double antetric
|
Yes (2)
|
2atetra-
|
2att
|
| 3L 5s
|
anoctic
|
No
|
anoct-
|
aoct
|
| 4L 4s
|
quadruple trivial
|
Yes (4)
|
4triv-
|
4trv
|
| 5L 3s
|
octic
|
No
|
oct-
|
oct
|
| 6L 2s
|
double tetric
|
Yes (2)
|
2tetra-
|
2tt
|
| 7L 1s
|
astaic
|
No
|
ast-
|
ast
|
| 9-note mosses
|
| Mos
|
Name
|
Multi-period?
|
Prefix
|
Abbrev.
|
| 1L 8s
|
annavic
|
No
|
annav-
|
anv
|
| 2L 7s
|
anennaic
|
No
|
anenn-
|
aenn
|
| 3L 6s
|
triple antrial
|
Yes (3)
|
3atri-
|
3atri
|
| 4L 5s
|
annovemic
|
No
|
annov-
|
anv
|
| 5L 4s
|
novemic
|
No
|
nov-
|
nv
|
| 6L 3s
|
triple trial
|
Yes (3)
|
3tri-
|
3tri
|
| 7L 2s
|
ennaic
|
No
|
enn-
|
enn
|
| 8L 1s
|
navic
|
No
|
nav-
|
nv
|
| 10-note mosses
|
| Mos
|
Name
|
Multi-period?
|
Prefix
|
Abbrev.
|
| 1L 9s
|
andashic
|
No
|
andash-
|
adsh
|
| 2L 8s
|
double pedal
|
Yes (2)
|
2ped-
|
2ped
|
| 3L 7s
|
andeckic
|
No
|
andeck-
|
adek
|
| 4L 6s
|
double pentic
|
Yes (2)
|
2pent-
|
2pt
|
| 5L 5s
|
quintuple trivial
|
Yes (5)
|
5triv-
|
5trv
|
| 6L 4s
|
double anpentic
|
Yes (2)
|
2apent-
|
2apt
|
| 7L 3s
|
deckic
|
No
|
deck-
|
dek
|
| 8L 2s
|
double manual
|
Yes (2)
|
2manu-
|
2manu
|
| 9L 1s
|
dashic
|
No
|
dash-
|
dsh
|
Appendix